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Iran, Argentina apply to join BRICS bloc after recent summit: Report

Ahead of the summit, Saudi Arabia too expressed interest to join the grouping, according to reports

Iran carries out second launch of homemade satellite carrier: Official

Iran has successfully launched for the second time a domestically-developed hybrid-propellant satellite carrier rocket into space, a Defense Ministry spokesman announced

Iran state TV announces rocket launch as nuclear talks to resume

The news comes after the European Union's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, traveled to Tehran in a push to resuscitate stalemated negotiations over Iran's nuclear deal

Gunman kills 2, injures 20 during Oslo Pride festival; terror suspected

Investigators said the suspect, identified as a 42-year-old Norwegian citizen originally from Iran, was arrested after opening fire at three locations in downtown Oslo.

Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 hits Iran, epicenter at depth of 10km

An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 hit Iran on Saturday at 03

US contradictory behaviour preventing nuke talks from fruition: Iran

Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said the contradiction between US actions and words is preventing the Vienna talks from reviving a 2015 nuclear deal from fruition

Oil prices drop 2% on recession concerns, heading for weekly fall

The US government said while it is pursuing diplomacy to revive a nuclear deal with Iran, it will continue to use sanctions to limit exports of oil from Iran

Oil prices rebound as new Iran sanctions fuel more supply concerns

The market had been lower earlier as interest rate hikes in the United States, Britain and Switzerland fed concerns about a slowdown in global economic growth.

Satellite images suggest Iran preparing for rocket launch amid tensions

Iran appeared to be readying for a space launch Tuesday as satellite images showed a rocket on a rural desert launch pad, just as tensions remain high over Tehran's nuclear program

Iran currency drops to all-time low of 332,000 per dollar amid US sanctions

Traders in Tehran exchanged the rial at 332,000 to the U.S. dollar, up from 327,500 on Saturday

Iran, Taiwan reject Indian tea shipments citing phytosanitary issues

Taiwan and Iran have rejected three containers of tea sent from India due to phytosanitary issues and presence of pesticides beyond permissible limits

Tajikistan taps Iran to counter terror radiating from Afghanistan

The threat of terror from Afghanistan and Russian-Ukrainian conflict is driving new geo-political in Central Asia. Nothing exemplifies it more than the recent Iran-Tajikistan reproachment

IAEA warns of 'fatal blow' to nuclear deal as Iran removes cameras

Iran had warned of retaliation if the IAEA's 35-nation Board of Governors passed a resolution drafted by the United States, France, Britain and Germany criticising Tehran

India, Iran firm to take trade volume to historical level: FM Abdollahian

Iranian Foreign Minister Dr Hossein Amir-Abdollahian underlined that Iran and India are determined to increase the trade volume to a historical level

BJP members' Prophet remarks: Iran scraps its version of meeting with Doval

Iran has taken down an earlier press statement which mentioned that India has assured of taking action against those responsible for making derogatory reamrks against Prophet Muhammad.

IAEA warns of 'fatal blow' to nuclear deal as Iran removes its cameras

Iran has started removing 27 surveillance cameras from nuclear sites across the country, the UN nuclear watchdog said Thursday

UN nuclear watchdog says Iran plans to ramp up uranium enrichment

Iran plans to install two new cascades of advanced centrifuges that will allow Tehran to rapidly enrich more uranium, the UN's nuclear watchdog said

Prophet comment row: Culprits will be taught a lesson, NSA assures Iran

NSA Doval informed the Iranian foreign minister that wrongdoers will be dealt with at the level of the government and related bodies in a way that is a lesson to others

Train derailment kills at least 21 passengers in east Iran; 87 injured

The train, operated by the state-run Islamic Republic Railway, carried some 350 people as it travelled from the town of Tabas, some 550 km (340 miles) southeast of Tehran, to the city of Yazd

Iran switches off two of UN nuclear watchdog's cameras, says report

The move appeared to be a new pressure technique as Western nations seek to censure Iran at a meeting this week in Vienna at the International Atomic Energy Agency